Sixteen of the new partners are female, comprising 37 percent of the partner cohort; 17 of the new counsel are female, comprising 53 percent of the counsel cohort.
“Our new partners and counsel are notably diverse, exceptionally capable, and represent a broad range of practices and geographies across our global platform,” said Casey Ryan, Reed Smith’s Global Head of Legal Personnel and a member of the firm’s Senior Management Team, the firm’s governing body. “Each of them is very well prepared to continue serving Reed Smith’s current clients by offering the highest level of legal services, helping to expand our presence and reputation around the world, and becoming leaders of the future. We expect great things from these 75 individuals.”
The 2019 Partner Cohort
The 2019 partner cohort, its members’ office locations and practice areas include:
United States
Chicago
Emily E. Garrison, a member of the Insurance Recovery Group, handles coverage disputes across diverse industry sectors through mediation, arbitration, and litigation.
David F. Hayes, a member of the Financial Industry Group, focuses his practice on leveraged and other debt financing transactions.
Robert L. McCann III is a member of the Global Corporate Group who concentrates his practice on M&A, private equity, and debt and equity financing transactions.
Houston
Lloyd A. Lim is a member of the Financial Industry Group whose practice focuses on representing secured lenders, landlords, post-petition lenders, asset purchasers, bond holders, and other unsecured creditors and creditors’ committees.
Los Angeles
Kasey J. Curtis, a member of the Appellate Group, represents a diverse range of clients in complex matters at the trial and appellate levels.
Mara D. Curtis is a member of the Labor & Employment Group whose practice is principally devoted to counseling and litigating wage and hour matters.
New York
Constantin Souris is a member of the Financial Industry Group who represents major banks in syndicated and non-syndicated credit facilities in connection with secured and unsecured financings.
Wayne R. Uffleman, a member of the Global Corporate Group, has a practice focused on domestic and cross-border M&A, private equity, joint ventures, securities law, corporate governance, and general corporate counseling.
Geoffrey G. Young is a member of the Complex Litigation Group whose practice concentrates on providing counsel for complex business disputes across a broad range of industries.
Philadelphia
Shruti D. Engstrom, a member of the Insurance Recovery Group, represents policyholders in coverage disputes involving product liability, property and business interruption claims, and additional insured disputes.
Matthew P. Frederick is a member of the Intellectual Property Group whose practice spans the breadth of IP issues, including litigation, preparation and prosecution of patents and trademarks, portfolio management, and licensing.
Christine M. Hanhausen, a member of the State & Local Tax Group, has a practice focus concentrated on multi-state income tax, and sales and tax planning and controversies.
Anne E. Rollins is a member of the Complex Litigation Group who focuses on a wide array of commercial litigation disputes, including financial services, contracts, business torts, and class actions.
Joseph J. Mahady, a member of the Complex Litigation Group, represents clients in business and civil litigation matters in state and federal courts.
Paul E. Melniczak is a member of the State & Local Tax Group who assists clients with income, sales, and gross receipts tax issues around the country.
Michael J. Salimbene, a member of the Life Sciences Health Industry Group, has a practice focus on product liability litigation.
Brian M. Schenker is a member of the Financial Industry Group who practices in the areas of finance, restructuring, and insolvency.
Pittsburgh
Nicole R. Bechtold is a member of the Global Corporate Group whose practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate, transactional, and securities matters worldwide.
Jared S. Roach is a member of the Financial Industry Group whose practice focus is commercial restructuring and bankruptcy.
Michael A. Kostiew is a member of the Real Estate Group who handles commercial real estate transactions and land-use matters.
Lucas Liben is a member of the Energy & Natural Resources Industry Group whose practice emphasis is oil and gas lease disputes.
Princeton
Shana E. Russo is a member of the Life Sciences Health Industry Group practicing in the areas of product liability and commercial litigation.
San Francisco
Seth B. Herring, a member of the IP, Tech & Data Group, focuses his work on patent, trademark and copyright litigation.
Christine Morgan is a member of the IP, Tech & Data Group whose focus is representing plaintiffs and defendants in design and utility patent litigation.
Tysons
Nicholas V. Albu is a member of the Complex Litigation Group whose practice focuses on business disputes, and real estate and construction litigation.
Jennifer M. Cuddy, a member of the Real Estate Group, has a practice focus on transactions involving both improved and unimproved commercial properties.
Kelley C. Miller is a member of the Global Corporate Group whose practice focuses on complex federal tax controversies, and diverse state and federal tax issues involving closely held entities.
Washington, D.C.
Jeremy M. Alexander is a member of the Life Sciences Health Industry Group whose practice spans complex regulatory, transactional, and enforcement matters for diverse health care providers.
Gerard M. Donovan, a member of the IP, Tech & Data Group, represents clients in patent litigation, patent validity challenges, and the prosecution of U.S. and foreign patent applications.
Nancy B. Halstead is a member of the Life Sciences Health Industry Group whose practice focuses on health care regulatory law, specifically fraud and abuse compliance.
Europe, the Middle East, Asia
Astana
Askar B. Zhansagimov is a member of the Global Corporate Group, with a practice focus on capital markets, structured and banking finance, and M&A transactions.
Frankfurt
Harald F. Heller is a member of the Real Estate Group whose practice focuses on real estate transactions and project development.
Hong Kong
Tat Pan is a member of the Transportation Industry Group whose representation focuses on general banking matters, ship financing, and non-contentious shipping transactions.
Michael Sinn, a member of the Financial Industry Group, has a practice emphasis on ship financing, structured finance transactions, and other financial industry matters.
Cynthia Wei, a member of the Global Corporate Group, has a practice focus on corporate finance, including M&A, IPOs, and general commercial work.
London
Kamal Arulvel, a member of the Financial Industry Group, focuses on real estate finance, acting for both lenders and borrowers, and has a broad range of experience in banking and finance transactions.
Sarah L. Caldwell, a member of the Financial Industry Group, has a practice focus on financial transactions, including securitization, debt capital markets and debt restructurings, and advising financial market participants.
Eleanor E. Chapman is a member of the Commercial Disputes Group whose practice focuses on high-value and complex litigation across a range of commercial sectors.
Sarah L. Cunningham is a member of the Real Estate Group whose practice focuses on all aspects of commercial property transactions.
George R. Hoare, a member of the Commercial Disputes Group, has a practice emphasis on litigation and dispute resolution, financial regulation, and accountants’ liability issues.
Navjoyt K. Sahota is a member of the Real Estate Group with experience in all areas of commercial real estate, including investment, landlord and tenant work, finance, and project development.
Alexander Sandiforth, a member of the Transportation Industry Group, has a practice focus on commodities, international arbitration, energy shipping and dry shipping matters.
Singapore
Gerald B. Licnachan is a member of the Energy & Natural Resources Group whose work focuses on frontier and emerging markets in Asia.
The 2019 Counsel Cohort
Twenty-two of Reed Smith’s 32 new counsel are based in the firm’s U.S. offices, including seven in New York; three in Washington, D.C.; two each in Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Houston and Los Angeles; and one each in Princeton, Silicon Valley, Chicago, and Tysons. Ten of the new counsel are based in the firm’s European and Asian offices, including seven in London, two in Munich, and one in Hong Kong.
Associates promoted to counsel in Chicago include Robert C. Deegan (Insurance Recovery); in Houston, Edward W. Duffy (Global Regulatory Enforcement) and Lisa M. Thomas (IP, Tech, & Data); and in Los Angeles, Benjamin R. Fliegel (Insurance Recovery) and Raffi Kassabian (Complex Litigation).
New counsel in New York are Aaron Chase (Global Regulatory Enforcement), Mark S. Goldstein (Labor & Employment), Kristen G. Hindley (Financial Industry Group), Trish O’Donnell (Financial Industry Group), Rafael A. Santos-Hernandez (Real Estate), Jennifer S. White (State & Local Tax), and Joy Zhang (Global Corporate).
New counsel in Pittsburgh include Ariel N. Forbes (Energy & Natural Resources) and Patrick M. Emery (Complex Litigation); in Princeton, Aaron M. Bender (Financial Industry Group); in San Francisco, Jonathan I. Detrixhe (IP, Tech, & Data) and Jennifer R. Fearnow (Complex Litigation); and in Silicon Valley, Nina Habib Borders (IP, Tech & Data).
New counsel in Tysons include Meredith P. Hartley (Real Estate), and in Washington, Kelly H. Hibbert (Life Sciences Health Industry Group), Matthew D. Jacobson (Life Sciences Health Industry Group), and Karen L. Lust (Records & E-Discovery).
New counsel in the firm’s London office include Katalina Y. Bateman (IP, Tech & Data), Alex R. Griffiths (Financial Industry Group), Monika Lorenzo-Perez (Financial Industry Group), Thor Maalouf (Transportation), Stephen R. Mooney (Global Corporate), Joanna N. Powis (Labor & Employment), and Suzanne A. Savage (Commercial Disputes). Additionally, new counsel in Munich include Frank Mizera (Global Corporate) and Christina Nitsche (Commercial Disputes); and in Hong Kong, Vicky Chan (Global Corporate).
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